Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-20
Duties of the Presiding Of;icer.

l 4uc SdNti IL IlISHIltI tEtl ln0 tongue
When you are in the chair never argue witt
the man on the floor. Speak to him if YOU
wish, but never talk with bin If he is angry
or noisy, say nothing, but thump him down
| Grasp the gavel firmly in your right hand
with the fingers encircling the handle and the
| thumb over them, as you would q tennis
racket or a battle ak. 1t is your instrument
You exercise your power through it. and il
| you don't WELD it properly your power i.
| gone. The scepter passes to the lcudest talker
| OH the floor.
Do not be afraid to thump When you sci
| out to use the gavel, use it. Strike with il
as you would with . Ratchet chopping wood
where your fingers were not in danger Smite
on the block with decision. l can tell a mans
character and his force of will by the way he
wields a gavel If you only tap with it the
House il annoyed and they become dis
orderly
When you thump make that the paramount
thing in the chamber. Let the notesI Of the
gavei sound loud above anything else When
a member finds out that the gavel talks
louder than he does he will keep quiet, and in
time the assembly will recognize that the
speaker rules. That is what you want
Always have peace. Never quarrel. Never
handy words. Never argue Keep quiet
yourself. Let the gavel do the talking.
Again let me say, the gavel is mightier than
the tongue. -Speaker James William Husted's
Address
Two Kinds Of Temper.
Within two days the Listener witnessed a
couple OF incidents on Washington street,
which illustrated admirably the difference
there is in people. Passing along near the
corner OF Temple place he saw two stout
elderly ladies standing side by side-one face
ing one way. however, and the other the
other way, glaring at each other with furi-
Gus eyes There was a little grinning crowd
about them, and when the Listener came
quite up to them he saw what was the matter.
In meeting and undertaking to pass. the
clothing of these two elderly ladies had come
in contact and a projecting button upon the
dress of one had caught in the lace on the
garments OF the other. Their strain to dis
entangle themselves had drawn them into a
regular smart: the wrath of each had been
reused to the boiling point and each woman
seemed to be exclaiming, in the language Of
Scripture, Nv no shall deliver ME from this
body of death?" Instead of leaving the dis
ENHANCEMENT to one of the two to be man.
was tugging away spitefully at the point Of
jointure. There seemed to be likelihood of an
occasion for tho interference OF the police
presently, for the faces of the two ladies were
growing redder and redder. and their eyes
snapped moro and more furiously. Pres
entity one lady gave desperate tug, the lace
gave way and the tie was severed. But i'm
agine the feelings of the lady whose lace had
been laceratedi
Next day, passing over almost TIE same
grolhld, the Listener saw a pretty girl,
brown eyed, ruddy checked and short haired,
and q stout Irishwoman in bonnet, q red and
black shawl and a green poplin dress, who
were walking in opposite directions, stop all
ct once, caught fast, just as the two women
of the day before had been. The young girl
smiled family and good naturally. The
Irishwouan tool, in the situation and cour-
tested.
"Sure, miss" said she, "an' it's sigu that
we'll meet in heaven!'
The young lady smiled more pronouncedly
and said:
await moment and will unfasten its
With half minutes work she disentangled
the snsrl
"Ah, miss, remember it," said the Irish
woman, as she moved away, radiant with
smiles, "we're to meet in heaven. surei"-
Boston Transcript.